Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was sanguine after his Democrat Party was allocated No.10 on the ballot paper. "I was already hoping to get a number less than this [10]," Mr Abhisit said.
Yingluck Shinawatra and Pheu Thai candidates raise a single finger in the air after her party was allocated first position on the ballot paper. "No.1 is an easy number to remember and it is also a lucky number," said the youngest sister of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.
Rak Prathetthai Party supporters crowd the entrance to the Thai-Japan Youth Stadium. Chuwit Kamolvisit's party was allocated No.5.
An official attaches No.12 in Thai numbers to a Rak Santi campaign poster immediately after the draw.
Former tennis player Paradorn Srichaphan has been barred from standing for Chart Pattana Puea Pandin (CPPP) on a technicality because he failed to vote in a previous election. However, CPPP leader and Energy Minister Wannarat Charnnukul believes No.2 is a winning number. "No.2 will bring victory to the party and I want all the election candidates to visit the people and campaign attentively," Mr Wannarat said.
Gen Sonthi Boonyaratkalin poses for photographs after his Mathabhum Party were handed No.26. Mathabum's strategy is to target Islamic voters and those who have not yet decided to back a particular political party.
Chuwit Kamolvisit shares a joke with supporters following the draw.
